Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-23


fairly shook the building. and were fol
lowed by the army tiger r>r." The floor
tuted for the brass and terpsichorean en-,
joyment consumed the remainder of the
time until l O'Clock this morning, many
of the old soldiers joining in the pleas
ure.
ON THE ISLAND.
At the encampment of the County Vet
eran association at the island yesterday
afternoon Messrs Geo Pratt and Law
renee Weeda, of this city, ran 100 yard
foot race. 1t was an exciting and close
ly contested affair, chances being
counted about even between the two, but
the nimble footed Pratt proved too much
for his antagonist. winning the race by
about eighteen inches Weeda then ran
with Coyne. who won the previous after
noon race, outs ripping him easily. The
next attraction was game of baseball
between mines from Wellington Wood
camp. Sons of Veterans, Of Moline aud
Beardsley cas- p of this city. If II dem>
onslgaiion were n, cded that Moline could
not play ball, it WAS furnished more fore
IDLY than ever, the M0ines PLAYING mis-
cradle game and proving Il regular snap
for the Rock Islands In the first inning
Moline had second edition of Cunning =
ham in the box, and it took just one IN
ming for Bearisley camp 10 convince the
crowd that he would never make a
pitcher. In the second, another pitcher
was substituted, but with Indifferent sue
cess. The features of the game were
the batting and fielding of Buck and the
short stop work of Alderman Ham, ton,
of Bearis!ey camp. The Mo
lines came down confident of victory,
having carefully selected nine, while
the Rock Island side was picked up on II
few minutes notice, at the island. But
with all their preparations they were not
able to furnish even amusement fo- OuI
boys. Only five innings was played by
mutual consent. The score by innings:
Moline. ........... II / ? 8 "a
Rock Island ....-..............4 l1-2;
A large gathering was present from
town and many from the country around
to enjoy the delightful open air concert
given by the Great Western band A
choice programme was carried out and
the old vets were delighted by number
of old war tunes and airs. At the con-
| clusion of the concert, everybody oath.
cred around monster camp fire in the
| center OF the camp aud the several hours
passed pleasantly with songs stories and
anecdotes of army experiences, varied
| with martial music.
The closing day opened pleasantly anj
| with large attendance of town anC
country people on the grounds, H. C
Harris, of BufOrd post, acting as office
of the day Much disappointment wa.
occasioned by the failure of the Cr0ckeI
brigade to visit the grounds, owing to thu
close of their reunion last night instead
of today. as expected The game of bal
announced this morning between the old
soldiers and their sons did not TAX
place, owing to the failure of the boys t.
come TO time, the latter eeiiently havin!
Wholesome regard for the athletic abii
ity of their sp"rFjvr sIrrs The boys
however may vet mItcrialize. and th
game come of later ia the day A nun
Der Of other interesting features in III
amusement line are expected to tab
place late in the afternoon
At the headquarters OF Alfred Bin
post oi Andalusi'l, hangs a battered an
faded rcmnnnl of what WAS once splcr
did battle flag. Old inch Z4ck" Wa
Ion of AndalusIa, tells Nh interesting b
q Of history connected with the fl ,g, whiC
is worth repeating. When Company
of The SiXty>titth illinois WIS raised 3
Andalusia at the breaking ont of the Wa
il WAS presented 10 The company by II
ladies of that place aud carried until Il
fall OF '62. when the @ mpany went in
Z camp AT HArpcr's Ferry. When &c
Miles ordered the surrender of our 10,O
troops ut that place, with col0rs. the fl,
was saved from capture by Mrs Nor
formerly of this county who was
camp with her husband The lady TO
the flag from the staff, and by improvl
ing it into pettlcoai, succeeded in 90
ting it away without discovery She sn
sequentlY gave it TO Mr. Walton and Jol
H. Ballard, who brought it home aft
the company was mustered out. 1t
now used as the post flag of Bing pc.
A: O'Clock this afternoon ex Cover
or Sherman, of Iowa, spoke, and "
n followed by Drs. Bowman and Mckee
q cRoCKER's IOWA BRIGADE
II closed its biennial reunion nj DavrnpC
4 yesterday selecting Council Bluffs as d
:. place of meeting in September, 1Se
. The following officers were elected:
=, Presideut--Gen VIM W Rrlknap
Vice Presidents-S 5 Lyle 1lth. G
y Ragsdale 18th, Benz Johnson 18th, Pei
e Kiene Jr, 10Th.
If Recording secretary-Capt ] Fl Mu
# roe. Muscatine. Ii.
Corresponding Secretary-Col II
Sc Rood. Mt. Vernon. Ia
e Treasurer-COrporal Peter kiene, j
4r Dubuque, Ia.
A grand banquet was held at the Oily
d pic theatre over the river last night,
which Senator Allison and ex Govern
Kirkwood, Sherman and Gear and 9th
/. spoke IN response to toasts.
-. The Broadway church contained a GO
al audience again last night, to hear NJ
ID Sarah Hutchinson lecture upon Inc
sc For An hour and half she held her III
"A ence, many of whom had heard her